there's a devil in the woods and he calls me home

I did a reflection/remake of last year's final piece and the difference I felt during 30dhs last year vs this year. I have been teary eyed for the last hour : ' ) I don't want this to be over, but like all good things... it must come to an end.

This scene WENT places I was not thinking it was going to go but I'm happy it did. I just wanted to show Kai finally getting through to Ethan and it's... beautiful. It's like wrapping up a main throughline of Ethan pieces... I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying...

Got inspired to write how emotionally constipated Ethan (hence the prompt). Autumn asks mostly like an older sister to him, but they're just friends. Will Kai and Ethan ever get out of the toxic situationship they're in? Say tuned!

There were a ton of OCs I was picking between for a scene like this but decided I didn't do a lot of Isaac and Roderick so you get to have them : )

The first piece in a REAL long time that I felt absolutely great to write. Where the descriptors were pouring out of me and the scene just kept going naturally. Probably because I was talking about my #1 blorbo through a cool creative lens ngl...

I picked this prompt because work has been lousy for me the last few days and so I gave Emil a lousy day at work too : ) No one tell him that the serial killer he's chasing is his boyfriend sitting across from him!!!

Anyway, this is just a fun interaction between him and Jack... I had to write at least one Jack piece, be unfair to leave him out!

Managed to crank this out while waiting 20 mins for food and I'm glad I at least got this done after this exhausting day! Kai and Ethan are just easy to reach rn, even if this piece is a nothing burger in their overall lore!

This scene came to be so fast I sprinted writing it this morning... just hadn't had the time to post it till now. I know Kai is a sassy brat and Ethan is too fucking broody, but I needed to show them both being a little soff for each other... PERCEIVE THEM!!!

Went from "idek what I'm writing today" to 400+ words REAL quick. Also spent 30 mins with my brother to figure out what sort of weapon Kit would have which was Too Much Info About Guns but at least I figured it out! Syrus and Kit make a good little team, imo.

This piece started out sorta as a normal Castle piece and then went fully off the rails. It makes sense though, there's supposed to be multiple notebooks of Castle's where his poetry is chaotic, truly tortured poet (tm). And given the subject, it fits!

Poem verison of Castle writing because the first line stuck out so hard and then I realised it was metered lol. I think this piece has a lot of good bones that with a little more tweaking could get that meter and rhyme scheme sharper but it's still pretty good!

The 18th of Sept is an important day in Castle lore and Castle is at his best here in melancholy reflection. "Make the painful words beautiful" is a line I always love to use about when writing in his style. Having fun with the journal styled piece : )

Writing this scene is like pulling teeth. I'm just trying to get a sort of backstory for Syrus down talking about his partner (and the trauma that goes with it) but NOTHING is working. So have this glorified exposition : (

Not where I was gonna go with the prompt, but the other piece wasn't materializing...

Literally an excuse to write about what kind of creature Kai happens to be. I'm sure I'll be more purposeful with his descriptors going forward but I wanted to give another chance at guessing to the people interested lol. Happy guessing : )